Fastening device for artificial teeth.



,f f Patented september sie, 190:3..

dens, in the county of Los Angeles and State of hails. A

5 of California, have invented certain new and Reference new being had to the details of l 'risenllniprovenients inFasteni-ngDevices for the drawings by letter, A designates an arti- Artiiieial Teeth; and I do declare-the followiioial toothA having a transverse aperture ing to be a full,' clear, and exact description 4herein, B, forniedbehind the median line of 6o Y 01E-the invention, such as will enable others the tooth, the een trai portion of said aperture lo skilled in the art to which it appertains t being chainbered out, forming a recess C, the make and use the saine, reference being ha end walls of which are scalloped out, as at C', .to the accompanying drawings, and tothe Fig. 2, to receive the bail D wlieiiswung to K v -g x l iiniisnfrii'r s .PATENT 0i rice.

CHARLES A D AVIS O F PAS ADENA,. CALIFORNIA.

.i-AsTEN'iNejDEvieE Foa ARTiFiei'AL TEETH.

a SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,098, dated vSeptember 29, 1903.

\ I pplioation filed November 13,51902. Serial NolSLlQ. iNo model.)

. l z A To whom, Lt may concern: in the toot-h; .and Fig. S, a View of'tlie bail e it known that I, CHARLES A."DAvis, a. as it would appear after being inserted in citizen of the United States, residing at Pasaplace. Fig... 9,10, and] l are modified forins 55 i letters of reference marked thereon, which its limit in eitliei\direction, said bail made of 65 forma part of 'thisspecitication any suitable material, as silver, and preferr 5 This invention relates tonew and useful iinably exibl'e, so asto enter the recess C and proements in artiticial ,teetln and especially`r spring in opposite directions into said aper to a fastening means `whereby the teeth may ture, as shown in Fig. l. XVhen the bail is .7, be securely held to a vulcanite base. thus positioned, the same may be swung into 7o Another feature of the present invention eit-lierof the positions shown bysolid ordotted zo consists in the provision of adjustable faslines in Fig. 3, accordingly as it may be detening ineens for holding an artiiicial tooth to Sired to fasten the bail for coiinecting'a tooth va vnicanite base, adapting the `tooth for :i fm al long or a short bite. lVhen the bailhas short" or a long bit-e, and dispensing with the been positioned prenten-y, it may be securely A75 use o platinum, which is at presen! eisten `held in place b5; meatsl rubberora-ny other 25 siveiy used, and consists in the provision 5f suitable material. a bail of silver or other material, the @mls of in Figs. i; :5, and (il have shown sliglitniodi-' which engage in recesses or in an aperture in iications, in which the aperture is formed I v the tooth, and the bail adapted to he disposed through thc artificial tooth,in the, rear portion 8o indieren't positions with relation to the toot-li thereof, the waii of the aperture being of A 3o and securely fastened in. au adjusted position i doubietapering torni. .if preferred, instead i for the purpose of adapting the tooth fer s 2 o ire-airing au aperture through the meth relong or a short biten cesses may he formed in the opposite sides of The invention consists, further, iti the novet tooth and the ends of the bail sprung into 85\ construction and arrangement of' parts, as said recesses. In this inoicationit-will be 35 xviii f3-e hereinafter more fully desc; becl, and 'observed that the ends of the bail are made then specifically defined in the .npended tapering to conform to the sli-apc ofthe taper ing wall of the aperture to admit the bail to The invention is clearly illustrated inthe swing into different positions to adapt the 9a accompanying-drawings, which Wit-li the letootli for along or a short bile. j 4o ters of reference marked thereon foi-rn a part Iii Figs. 9, l0, and l1 I have shown slightly of application, and in whichmodified forms of hails in which apertures are l is a rear elevation of an artificial formed iu which the vulcanized rubber may teo'tl'i, showing a bail attached thereto. Fig. enga-ge to afford abetter fastening thanmight 9 5 Y 2 is a central sectional View through the tooth. be the case with an impert'orate bail. L 45 Pig. 23 is a `central verticali sectional View lt will beuiiderstood that Iinayniakeother taken on line 3 3 of Fig l. Fig. et, is a ieaichanges in the detailed construction of the eleva-rien or' an artificial tooth, showing a device withontdeparting from the spirit of slghciy modified form. Fig. 5 is a side elethe invention. Y reo 'version o the modified form shown in Fig. 4. Having thus described my invention, what e a crossseetioaal View tais-en on line I claim to be new, and desire to see-:fre byLet- 5 E of L Fig. 7 is a detail View of the ters Jiatent, is f bail, shoiviiglits shape. before being inserted 1. An artifienl. tooth with an aperture imiding the vhail in different ing the tuoh for u, longer u short bite, as setformed theeiu, .f1y iexibie haii the ends of f gned to be sprung into said aperture in opposite directions, and means for positions adapthaving itS ends pivomiiy mounted in Said a p ett-ure, mid designed to swingint-o said scoiioped portions to adapt the tooth for n long or short, bite, setforth. j 4. An artificial tooth having :in aperture tii'i'erein, a haii having a pluruiity ol holes therein, the ends of'said huil designed' to be 25 *sprung into said aperture :1nd have 'a pivotal bearingr therein, adapting the hail to-be fast-' tened in different positions to afford a longerv I y u. short bite to the toot.}x, :1s set forth.

In testimony 'whereof I hereunto zrifix my 3o' Signature inv presence of two witnesses.' A K CHARLES' A. DAVIS.v

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A. L. Hoven, 'FRANKLIN II. lIoL'GzL 

